Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate for the 2024 General Election.It's the choice the current vice president mulled over for weeks, before landing on Walz, who beat Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro and Arizona's Mark Kelly to be Harris's top pick.The pair are due to step out for their first joint rally this evening in Philadelphia in front of thousands of fellow Democrats.The Independent spoke to a few of them and asked them what they thought of Harris's choice.
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00:00He thinks Republicans are weird.
00:01How do we feel about Tim Walz, the VP pick?
00:04Unfortunately, I don't know as much about him, but what I've seen in the recent week,
00:10I think he's fine.
00:11I really don't know a whole lot about him.
00:13I don't know much about him, but people I know have,
00:15and they say he's better than Shapiro as far as being more progressive.
00:20I'm all about that.
00:21I was overjoyed this morning when I heard.
00:23Looks like somebody he could get a beer with,
00:25which for some reason is a requirement in American politics.
00:28I'm not sure why.
00:29She picked him. I guess he's all right.
00:31To hear how he can appeal to the rural voters
00:34and expand the opportunity to bring more people who are undecided.
00:39He's going to be a great attack dog for her.
00:40He's not going to overshadow her, so I think it's a good choice.
00:44Sloan's gone supports the Second Amendment,
00:46but also thinks we don't need assault weapons, and he's just got great ideas.